3 Sure Fire Ways To Strike The Perfect Work-Life Balance

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If you are feeling stuck in a rut in your full-time job, working well over forty hours a week, for an overbearing and unreasonable boss, you’d be forgiven for wanting to seek an alternative form of employment. Working for somebody else can be taxing especially as you grow older and wiser. You may feel like you have built up a bank of contacts, you might feel like you have more expertise than those senior to you, and you may be feeling frustrated at the lack of value you feel you have earned in your current role. Take a look at this guide and use these ideas to inspire a better chapter in your work-life balance.

3 Sure Fire Ways To Strike The Perfect Work-Life Balance

Feeling unfulfilled in your current role can lead to an unhealthy work to home life balance because you may find yourself either working longer hours in the office or you may be unable to switch off at home. Take a look at these simple ways that can see you with a better work-life balance.

Work From Home

While it may seem a little drastic, you should consider the possibility of changing your job in its entirety. By setting up on your own and becoming a consultant in your specialist field or even setting up a whole new business following a crafty passion, you will be revolutionizing your work-life balance. Working from home can see you in a more relaxed environment from which to carry out your day to day activities. No longer will you have to answer to anyone about what you are doing, how much you are spending and meeting targets. Instead, you will be working for yourself. While this sounds exciting, it can also be daunting. Rebranding yourself from a full-time employee to a full-blown consultancy startup is difficult and will take a period of transition, but with determination, hard work, and a ready-made contact list, you can hit the ground running.

Lists

While making a to-do list sounds very old school, it can help you prioritise what needs to be done at work. Every morning when you head into the office, compile a list of three tasks that must be completed that day and have the mindset that everything else is a bonus. You know your capabilities, no matter what your unreasonable boss may suggest. It’s vital that you are able to switch off from the daily grind when you leave the office at five PM. Don’t stay later, work your allocated hours, and understand that not everything can be completed in a day. Recognize your own self worth, value your own impact and go home knowing that you are doing a good job.

Go Part Time

If you are struggling with your stress levels and mental health, you should consider going part-time, if your financial situation will allow, to enhance your lifestyle. There is more to life than the heady corporate world, so make time for your other passions in life. Working three days a week will mean that you have more time to paint, go running, cook and enjoy learning a new language. Your work to home life balance will shift massively to encompass so much more than your laptop and Skype meetings.